Improved closet and bed



N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

iutm guitare und @Mitte WILLIAM KELLY,

or earn, MAIN 1.

Letters Patent N 102,012, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEI: cLosET AND BED.

.Nature and Use of the Invention.

The invention relates to thecombination of several useful and necessaryarticles of household furniture and apparatus, viz: a closet, washingapparatus,jmir ror, writing-desk, drawers, bedstead, and bed, and all soarranged that the whole or a part of the same,

when in use, occupies but little space, and need not be moved from itsposition for the purpose of using any part of the same, and its object,of course, is to have much in little, and that much accessible andconvenient.

.Description of the Accompanying Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention, closed.

Figure 2 is a view of' the same, with closet, washing apparatus, mirror,writing-desk, and drawer, open.

Figure 3 is a view of the same, with the bed open and ready for use.

The letter A represents the whole frame.

B, door opening to the bedstead.

a a', closet-doors.

b b, shelves in closet.

' c, shelf for washing-apparatus.

(I, mirrorfhaving a lecess, a.

e, writing-desk.

j, its bracket or support.

g, drawer.

h h', parts of bedstead.

i i, notches at union of these parts.

jj, legs at middle ofthe bedstead.

k k, legs at the end of' the bedstead, with its bar l and lm, the bed,with cord n to keep the same in place when turned up, and

p p, joint strap-hiuges.

There are a great many combinations of these various articles, allhaving the same object in view, but I claim that -my arrangement of thearticles above enumerated, their compaetness, number, convenienee, andaccessibility, surpass any invention new in use.

Arepresents the entire frame of the invention, and when all its partsare closed, it resembles a bureau or wardrobe, standing in anyconvenient part of a room, as seen in fig. l, in the accompanyingdrawings.

If a writing or work-table is wanted, I have only to lift the shelf e,and adjust its support, j, which may be turned down again easily, thesebeing attached to either or both sides of the frame A.

If the mirror is wanted, raise the lid d, and turn it back. It isattached to the top of the frame, near the back, by hinges, and may be.sluit into the recess 9:, when not in use, or the top is to be used foranything else.

In the front' part I have arranged a closet, having doors a (1f-openingupon hinges, as seen in iig. l; within are shelves c c, or any numberconvenient; upon the door (l, (seen iig. 2,) I have placeda shelf, b,suitable for washing apparatus. This shelf is hingedupon the inner sideof the door a, and has a hook or other fastening at the unattaehed angleoi' the shelf, which t'astens intothe eye of the door-hook of the door awhen the washing apparatus is to be used, and the shelf is let down whennot in use.

When the bed is to be used, open the door B, which swings the front ofthe frame, carrying the closet with it.

The bedstead is in two parts, h h', (see fig. 3,) hinged at the head toa cross-piece in the frame A, and the parts are. hinged near the middleof the bed# frame, the part h being the longest.

Ihe slats or springs of the bedstead are laid in the usualway, except Iplace cushions, of rubber, under the ends of the slats for the spring,and also to prevent ereakin g.

It will be perceived that the union of the two parts of the bedstead, hand h is, by a joint strap-hinge, fastened to the side pieces ofthebed-frame, and that 4the joint of the side pieces is slanting, having anotch,

i, in the slant, and, directly under it and the joint strap-hinge, isthe stationary leg j.

' Hinged in this way, there is no weakness to the middle of thehedstead, which necessarily follows when the union of tl're two piecesof bedstead is by a vertical joint.

At the end of the bedstead are placed legs k k, hinged to the under sideofthe bed-frame, with a bar, Z, connecting them. These, when not in use,are turned up, inward;

'Ihe bed-frame is let down in front, and opens outward.

The bed is in two parts, united, and opening and shutting like thebed-trame, its longest part conforming to the bed-frame.

The outer part of the bed is secured by an elastic band, n,- or otherdevice, attached to the sides of the bed-frame, to keep the bed up or iuplace in opening and shutting.

There is also a drawer, g, on either side of the frame A, used for anypurpose desired.

I am aware that nearly the same articles of furniture have been used inone piece of furniture, but arranged differently, and less convenientlyfor use.

I claim- The combination and arrangement of the frame A with the door B,having in its front side a closet with doors a a', shelves b b, and theiwashing-shelf c attached to the door a, the several parts being constructcd and arranged substantially as described.

' Also., the combination and arrangement of the frame A and door B, withthe mirror al shutting into

